In the sixth year of Jianxing, at the beginning of May, Wei Shuo, the general of Zhenbei, persuaded the table to Jianye, causing an uproar!

After everyone was stunned, they quickly came back to their senses, and suddenly persuasion tables from all over the country poured into Jianye like snowflakes.

With the murder of Sima Ye and the overthrow of Sima Bao, there are still many clans who are qualified to ascend the throne today, but the most suitable person is none other than Sima Rui, the king of Langya.

Soon there was a nursery rhyme spread all over the country from Jianye, and the nursery rhyme said: "Five horses float across the river, and one horse turns into a dragon." ”

During the Yongjia Rebellion, most of the Sima royal family was overthrown, but there were still a few lucky people such as the evil king of Lang, the king of Xiyang, the king of Nanton, the king of Runan, and the king of Pengcheng.

Most smart people can see that this nursery rhyme obviously refers to the king of Langya will inherit the national ancestry, as for where the nursery rhyme comes from and what the purpose is, it is self-evident.

Since the army in Qinzhou, King Langya has been preparing for the throne, and in secret, he has already discussed countermeasures with his henchmen Diao Xie, Dai Yuan, Liu Kui, Zhou Yi and others.

When Wei Shuo's persuasion table entered Jianye together with Nanyang Wang, Sima Rui immediately launched public opinion propaganda.

For a time, all kinds of nursery rhymes, proverbs, auspicious and other essential elements for ascending the throne emerged one after another.

What made Sima Rui happiest was that as Wei Shuo publicly supported his ascension, other feudal towns in other places also wrote to express their support.

Although it seems that Sima Rui is popular and is very popular with the ministers, he still does not dare to take the throne rashly, because there is still an important person who has not expressed his position.

This person is Wang Dun, who holds most of Jiangzuo's military power, and Wang Dun has never expressed his support for his ascension to the throne. In view of Wang Dun's power, King Langya had to think of winning Wang Dun's support, otherwise he would definitely not be able to sit on the throne.

At this time, the situation in Jianye is very delicate.

After Chang'an was breached, when the clan headed by Sima Yi and the local feudal towns headed by Wei Shuo, Li Ju, and Zu Ti were persuaded to advance, Wang Dun, the general of Zhendong who had a strong army, was not positive, and even privately discussed with his cousin Wang Dao to set up another person.

Wang Dun thought that Sima Rui was too shrewd, which was not conducive to his control of the court, and wanted to change Sima Yi and other easily controllable clans as emperors.

Director Wang was sober-minded and not dazzled by power, he persuaded in a sincere tone: "If my brother wants to set up others, how can Wei Zhenbei, Zu Zhenxi, Li Sizhou and others be willing?" In case everyone unites and doesn't want to admit it, has the elder brother forgotten the fate of Dong Zhuo at the end of the Han Dynasty? ”

"The king has guarded Jiangdong for many years, without fault, and is deeply respected! Sudden change of others will inevitably lead to turmoil! Although you and I are powerful, how can we go against the sky? Please think twice! ”

Director Wang is right, Wang Dun overestimated his own strength. If he really wanted to change others according to Wang Dun's intentions, Jiangzuo would inevitably fall into turmoil, and then Shile would take the opportunity to go south, and it would be impossible to say that the entire southern half of the country would fall.

No matter from any aspect, Sima Rui is the best candidate for the current throne, from his early years as General Anton, the governor of Yangzhou military, to the later Zhendong general, Kaifu Yitong three divisions.

When Luoyang fell and Emperor Sima Chi of Jin Huai was captured, someone in the Sima family moved the world and promoted Sima Rui as the leader of the alliance.

After the Jin Emperor Sima Ye ascended the throne, Sima Rui was crowned as the left prime minister, and after more than a year, he was officially promoted to the prime minister, the capital governor of the Chinese and foreign military.

And today, with the public support for Sima Rui in various feudal towns, his ascension to the throne as emperor is a matter of course.

There are no impermeable walls in the world! Wang Dun discussed with his cousin Wang Dao about the establishment of another emperor, and was soon heard by Sima Rui.

Just in case, Sima Rui did not rush to the throne, but took a very intriguing move: just proclaimed himself King of Jin!

This is Sima Rui's temptation of Wang Dun, the king of Jin had a special status during the two Jin periods, equivalent to the crown prince, and was the successor to the throne.

Sima Rui's ascension to the throne of King Jin immediately detonated public opinion in the world, and a new round of persuasion was set off in various places.

Baiguan asked the King of Jin to use the emperor's honorific title, but Sima Rui insisted on disagreeing.

Ji Zhan took the opportunity to persuade on behalf of the Jiangdong Shi clan: "Today, the four seas are boiling, the country is restless, and we can't be without a king for a day!" The king should inherit the great cause. Looking at the children of the royal family, who is worth pushing! If the king ascends to the throne, then the ancestral gods and the people can rely on it; If we go against the mandate of heaven and the will of the people, once the general trend is lost, it will be irretrievable. ”

But not everyone was happy to see Sima Rui ascend the throne, and while most people were struggling to persuade him to advance, some people braved the world's condemnation and raised objections. This person is Zhou Song, the younger brother of Sima Rui's confidant Zhou Yi, and the three Zhou brothers are all famous and respected by the world.

Zhou Song Shangshu said: "The ancient emperors were morally thoughtful and then extracted, humble and obedient and then possessed, so they could rule the country for a long time, and their grace was served forever." Now the Hulu has not been expelled, so the shame has not yet been cleansed, the righteous people weep bitterly, and the scholars and women are panicked. ”

"At this time, the king should speak widely, solicit good advice, train soldiers, prepare weapons, first wash away the shame of the country's downfall, realize the common aspirations of the common people of the world, and then realize the great power of the king!"

Zhou Song's words were to the effect that it was an eventful time now, and it would not be too late to ascend the throne and claim the emperor after returning to the Central Plains and snowing the shame of Sheji.

Although this is said very righteously and strictly, in Sima Rui's opinion, it is ill-intentioned.

Don't look at Zhou Yi is deeply trusted by King Langya, but his younger brother Zhou Song is the father-in-law of Wang Dun's nephew Wang Yu, and Wang Dun's brother Wang Han is a son and daughter.

King Langya obviously thought that Zhou Song's move was hinted by Wang Dun, and it was a counterattack and temptation to his entry into the throne of King Jin.

Sima Rui knew very well that no matter how many people persuaded him, it was useless, and only with the recognition of the Wang family, especially Wang Dun, could he successfully ascend the throne.

At present, he put his hope of winning Wang Dun's support on Wang Dao, but fortunately, Wang Dao lived up to expectations and finally persuaded Wang Dun to change his mind and no longer try to change others as emperors. After getting the news from Director Wang, Sima Rui was overjoyed, and his multi-year plan was finally coming true, and he couldn't help but almost shout.

In the sixth year of Jianxing, in 318 A.D., on May 20, Sima Rui officially ascended the throne as the emperor, changed the Yuan Taixing, and set the capital to Jianye, and the history of the Eastern Jin Dynasty has since begun.

After Sima Rui ascended the throne, he canonized Sima Shao as the crown prince, and various ceremonies and celebrations were held smoothly.

But at the enthronement ceremony, Sima Rui did a very abrupt thing, he even invited Wang Dao, the supervisor of the Chinese book, to sit on the throne.

In the face of such an honor, Director Wang resolutely disagreed, but Sima Rui has been persuading him hard.

The two of them pulled and tugged, and they couldn't hold each other. In desperation, Director Wang had no choice but to say: "If the sun is equal to everything in the world, how can it shine down on the common people!" ”

In the end, under Director Wang's resolute resignation, Sima Rui did not force it anymore.

Sima Rui was forced to make such a move, although he persuaded Wang Dun through Wang Dao, but who knows what Langya Wang's true thoughts were! Just in case, and also to show the Wang family that he adheres to the political pattern of 'king and horse, share the world', he had to treat the only Wang director in the Wang family who supported him.

The first thing Sima Rui did when he ascended the throne was to reward his merits, and all civil and military officials were promoted to the second class; All officials who write a letter to "persuade in" will be upgraded to a higher level; All those who signed the "persuasion" were promoted to become "officials" in the government, and the number was as high as tens of thousands.

meritorious authors, such as Wang Dao, who was promoted to hussar general and secretary of the middle school because of his merits, became the de facto prime minister; And Wang Dun changed to worship in the middle of the service, and was promoted to general and Jiangzhou pastor, and since then the Wang brothers have leaned towards the government and the opposition.

And Wei Shuo, the initiator of persuasion, was also changed to Da Sima, Jia Tejin, Shizhong, and Yan Jungong, which can be regarded as among the most prominent people in today's official positions.

Sima Rui finally ascended the throne, only two months later than in history, and the era name is still Taixing.

This can't help but make Wei Shuo sigh at the strength of historical inertia!

With Sima Rui's ascension to the throne, it will no longer be possible for Liaodong to calculate the other party as he did in the past, and even in some cases, he will fall into passivity. Unless he immediately fell out with the Jin family publicly, it was inevitable that he would suffer, but fortunately he was ready, and he was not afraid of Jiang Zuo's tricks. (To be continued.) )